Artword Theatre's workshopWorking Together on Stage

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Artword Theatre presents
a six-week workshop for dancers and actors
Saturday mornings 10 am to 1 pm •
September 14 to October 19, 2002
Working Together on Stage
Dance-Theatre Explorations

Dance Workout
(first half of each session)
led by Janet Atkinson

a physical workout based on Cunningham dance technique (NYC)

working from and strengthening your center

building a theatrical imagination through physical means

Theatre Exploration
(second half of each session)
led by Ronald Weihs

building stage techniques through ensemble explorations

creating scenes and solving problems through movement and physical exercises

communicating and building responsiveness on stage

Workshop takes place in the Artword Alternative theatre, with a sprung dance floor and an intimate theatre environment. Workout clothing and bare feet or socks.

Cost: $150 ($135 for CADA and Equity members) for the 6-week program. Limited to a maximum of 20 participants.

For more information, or to register, leave a message on 416-408-ARTD (2783). Your call will be returned.

Registration date: in person Saturday September 7th, 10 am-noon, at Artword,
or by mail up to September 6th.

Artword Theatre, 75 Portland Street, Toronto M5V 2M9
(one block east of Bathurst, south of King) Admin: 416-408-1146 www.artword.net

Janet Atkinson is Artistic Director and Choreographer of The Zeus Opera Dance Company, which incorporates dance, myth, acting, singing and visual art in its major theatre works. Zeus Opera has created the Episode and Portable Dance Series, which have been performed at festivals including the North by Northeast Music Festival, and at Artword Theatre in a boxing ring. Janet was principal dancer with the German expressionist based dance company, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises. She trained at Toronto Dance Theatre and in New York at the Merce Cunningham Studio and the Broadway Dance Centre for Fosse style dance. Zeus Opera's second major dance theatre work will première at Artword this fall. Janet choreographed the Artword production of Toronto The Good this year.

Ronald Weihs, director and playwright, founded Artword Theatre in 1993 along with Judith Sandiford. Artword Theatre productions directed by Ronald Weihs include Toronto The Good (2002), an original musical based on Toronto in the 1890s, Charly Chiarelli’s Mangiacake!, (2001, 2002), and Cu’Fu?: Stories of a Sicilian Family (2001,1999, 1996). He directed Allan Merovitz’s If Cows Could Fly: Growing Up Jewish in Smiths Falls, (2000, 2001). Productions written and directed for Artword include Whoever You Are (1997), Echo and Narcissus (1996), Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (1995), me2 (1994), and Mama Says You Are What You Do (1994). He collaborated with director George Luscombe of Toronto Workshop Productions on the script for The Wobbly (1982, 1983) and wrote The Beavers for Native Earth and Theatre Resource Centre (1985). In British Columbia, he wrote Hands Up! (The Bill Miner Story) for Caravan Stage Company (1977, 1983) and wrote and directed the musical Highball (1981).

	Artword Theatre presents a six-week workshop for dancers and actors Saturday mornings 10 am to 1 pm • September 14 to October 19, 2002 Working Together on Stage *Dance-Theatre Explorations*
			Dance Workout (first half of each session) led by Janet Atkinson a physical workout based on Cunningham dance technique (NYC) working from and strengthening your center building a theatrical imagination through physical means
	Theatre Exploration (second half of each session) led by Ronald Weihs building stage techniques through ensemble explorations creating scenes and solving problems through movement and physical exercises communicating and building responsiveness on stage
	Workshop takes place in the Artword Alternative theatre, with a sprung dance floor and an intimate theatre environment. Workout clothing and bare feet or socks. Cost: $150 ($135 for CADA and Equity members) for the 6-week program. Limited to a maximum of 20 participants. For more information, or to register, leave a message on 416-408-ARTD (2783). Your call will be returned. Registration date: in person Saturday September 7th, 10 am-noon, at Artword, or by mail up to September 6th.

	Artword Theatre, 75 Portland Street, Toronto M5V 2M9 (one block east of Bathurst, south of King) Admin: 416-408-1146 www.artword.net

	Janet Atkinson is Artistic Director and Choreographer of The Zeus Opera Dance Company, which incorporates dance, myth, acting, singing and visual art in its major theatre works. Zeus Opera has created the Episode and Portable Dance Series, which have been performed at festivals including the North by Northeast Music Festival, and at Artword Theatre in a boxing ring. Janet was principal dancer with the German expressionist based dance company, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises. She trained at Toronto Dance Theatre and in New York at the Merce Cunningham Studio and the Broadway Dance Centre for Fosse style dance. Zeus Opera's second major dance theatre work will première at Artword this fall. Janet choreographed the Artword production of Toronto The Good this year.		Ronald Weihs, director and playwright, founded Artword Theatre in 1993 along with Judith Sandiford. Artword Theatre productions directed by Ronald Weihs include Toronto The Good (2002), an original musical based on Toronto in the 1890s, Charly Chiarelli’s Mangiacake!, (2001, 2002), and Cu’Fu?: Stories of a Sicilian Family (2001,1999, 1996). He directed Allan Merovitz’s If Cows Could Fly: Growing Up Jewish in Smiths Falls, (2000, 2001). Productions written and directed for Artword include Whoever You Are (1997), Echo and Narcissus (1996), Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (1995), me2 (1994), and Mama Says You Are What You Do (1994). He collaborated with director George Luscombe of Toronto Workshop Productions on the script for The Wobbly (1982, 1983) and wrote The Beavers for Native Earth and Theatre Resource Centre (1985). In British Columbia, he wrote Hands Up! (The Bill Miner Story) for Caravan Stage Company (1977, 1983) and wrote and directed the musical Highball (1981).